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The Rex’s eyes glowed red and its arms moved up and down each time he pressed a button. Axel walked back inside saying, “For a moment there I thought we’d traveled back in time to the Jurassic era.”
    “Twish fixed it, Daddy. She’s a good scientist. Twish, wewe you a dinosaur doctow?”
    “No, honey.” I laughed.
    “They had a cancellation, and they’re ready to take you for your surgery, Trevor.”
    “Did you hear that? It means you’ll be out of here way quicker.”
    The nurses came in, moved his IV to a portable station, checked his pulse, and gave him a dinosaur sticker on his free hand. Trevor was excited to show everyone his fixed dinosaur as well as the raptor claw. He said he’d carry it with him everywhere he went.
    As they wheeled him into surgery, we both kissed him and gave him words of encouragement, but as soon as he disappeared behind the automatic doors, my throat tightened.
    Please, God, let him be all right, I prayed silently.
    “He’ll be okay, right?” I asked Axel, my voice breaking.
    “Yes, he will.”
    After dropping the coffee off, Beth had gone home, but insisted we update her as soon as Trevor was out of surgery. We sat in the waiting room. Ace twirled his fingers before resting his arm over me, bringing me close to his body.
    “It’s almost midnight.”
    “I can have Charlie drive you home,” he suggested, his body tensing around me.
    “No, I want to stay with you.”
    “Here, lie down then. Close your eyes for a moment and rest.” He patted his thighs.
    I shifted, lowering my head to his lap. I didn’t think I could fall asleep, but when his fingers began to comb through my hair, the pads pressing gently and massaging my scalp, I closed my eyes and found myself in a different time and a different place.
    Chloe was sitting on a sofa in our home living room, smoothing her hand over her belly. She was happier and more mature than when she’d left home. My sister’s life had changed. She’d chosen to forget the past and focus on the future. I joined her and put my ear to her belly, listening for the sound of shifting water, waiting patiently for the skin to move underneath my hand. And when it did, I looked up into her glistening eyes. She was happy and glowing.
    He can feel me, I said to her.
    And hear you as well, she replied. I can’t wait for you to meet him.
    I sucked in a quick breath and woke up in Axel’s lap, startled and confused.
    “Are you all right?” he whispered.
    “Yeah, how long have I been out?”
    “A minute. I didn’t think you fell asleep.”
    A minute? That was impossible. It felt like I’d slept way longer. And what was with that dream? My sister was never pregnant. Was I seeing my future through her? Would I one day have a baby, and she was trying to show me that? I wished she were here. I wished I could tell her about how I’d found a wonderful man and his son, and ask her whether it was stupid of me to want to be a part of their lives.
    “I did. Just had a very weird dream.”
    “What about?”
    I shook my head. “It doesn’t matter. I guess today’s been more stressful than I thought.”
    “You need rest.”
    I laid back down on his lap, but I didn’t close my eyes. I watched the minute hand on the wall clock tick closer and closer to the half-hour mark, at which time we were expecting the doctor to show up. He finally did, and we both got up to meet his smiling face.
    “Everything went well. He’s in recovery now and should be waking up soon. He’ll be confused, so it would be best if he woke up to a familiar face. Please follow me.”
    Axel tucked my hand in his and we walked behind the doctor. Trevor was sleeping, and a nurse was checking his pulse. As soon as we walked up to him, he opened his eyes and smiled.
    “I have a waptow claw.”
    Axel laughed. “Yeah, you do.”
    “Whewe awe we?”
    “You’re at the hospital, Trevor. The doctor fixed your tummy.”
    He looked down to where he was covered. “Whewe is my